Just 4 percent is the on-time college graduation rate of Ivy Tech college students.

Written by

Stephanie Wang
stephanie.wang@indystar.com

Without Ivy Tech Community College, ­Indiana can't make up for the dearth of Hoosiers with college degrees and the subsequent gap of skilled workers.

The state community college is leveraging its critical role to make a power play for more state money. But that play is coming at a time when state officials are becoming increasingly alarmed with one important measurement of Ivy Tech's performance: its glaringly low graduation rates.